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that's the party of the president, mohamed morsi. frustrated coptic christians and liberals walked out before the votes because they said their views weren't being heard. the fate of the constitution won't be clear for another two weeks when egyptians get to vote on the draft. >>> the mauritanian president is warning tension in mali could backfire. locals could align with rebels. one group they are concerned about is al qaeda in the islamic maghreb. that's the group the international community has been trying to oust in that region. mark schroeder tells us that aqim is actually consolidating and getting stronger in the region. without international military intervention, mali's military won't be able to push them out. he told me he doesn't even have enough guns for his soldiers. >>> it's been 484 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing get it back? incomes and consumer spending fell in october. experts we spoke to said sandy had a significant impact on the numbers. >>> and new problems for susan rice. this i
that's the party of the president, mohamed morsi. frustrated coptic christians and liberals walked out before the votes because they said their views weren't being heard. the fate of the constitution won't be clear for another two weeks when egyptians get to vote on the draft. >>> the mauritanian president is warning tension in mali could backfire. locals could align with rebels. one group they are concerned about is al qaeda in the islamic maghreb. that's the group the international...
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meantime in egypt the president's supporters weigh in now with rival protests amid liberal fury against mohamed morsi self-imposed powers and the constitution is drafted. in the u.s. it's pocket israel for authorizing thousands of new settlements in the west bank in east jerusalem just a day after the u.n. upgraded palestine diplomatic status. for a good evening for me kevin i would hear the new center tonight our top story the islamist led opposition in kuwait is boycotting saturday's parliamentary ballots in a bitter standoff with the country's an elected leaders the u.s. backed monarchies accused of amending the voting rules to influence the outcome of the poll. in the gulf state with. uncertainty is one way to describe the mood here in way today as the highly controversial parliamentary elections take off now the opposition has refused to back down from a boycott of the voting in protest of what it sees as towards authoritarianism opposition activists say that this is an attempt to produce a more compliant parliament that will allow the government to pass laws without appropriate oversight
meantime in egypt the president's supporters weigh in now with rival protests amid liberal fury against mohamed morsi self-imposed powers and the constitution is drafted. in the u.s. it's pocket israel for authorizing thousands of new settlements in the west bank in east jerusalem just a day after the u.n. upgraded palestine diplomatic status. for a good evening for me kevin i would hear the new center tonight our top story the islamist led opposition in kuwait is boycotting saturday's...
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. >> the country's brotherhood has called for 2 million man marches in support of mohamed morsi. demonstrators are rallying in cairo in support of the embattled president. >> but opposition factions are calling on rival demonstrators to call out, as well. let's go to ian lee who is in cairo's tahrir square. you are at the scene of the anti-morsi protests. are crowds turning out there? >> this crowd in tahrir square is smaller than what we've seen the previous days, but usually the crowd picks up later into the evening. we've seen tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people in tahrir square. but there's a dueling protest at cairo university where the muslim brotherhood and islamists are calling out for their supporters to show up. this is the first time we're seeing the brotherhood flex its street muscle, if you will. and show their support for the president. there's thousands, tens of thousands at that rally already right now. this is a big moment for them because we haven't seen them come out and give their opinion and this comes as the president morsi embattled as he is, tryin
. >> the country's brotherhood has called for 2 million man marches in support of mohamed morsi. demonstrators are rallying in cairo in support of the embattled president. >> but opposition factions are calling on rival demonstrators to call out, as well. let's go to ian lee who is in cairo's tahrir square. you are at the scene of the anti-morsi protests. are crowds turning out there? >> this crowd in tahrir square is smaller than what we've seen the previous days, but usually...
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let's go live now to cnn's mohammed jamjoom in beirut, lebanon. what's the situation with the internet and the phones there in syria next door right now? >> reporter: well, victor, this is day three of the internet and phone lines in syria effectively being shut down across the country now. we've heard from internet monitoring companies the past couple of days saying they don't believe that the syrian rebels of the opposition would have the capacity to shut down the internet and phone lines in syria, that they believed that it would be the government shutting down if any one group was behind. the u.s. government also said they believe this is a desperate move on the part of the syrian regime to try to limit news getting out of syria of what's going on there. it is very serious. one of the reasons this is very serious is because activists, opposition activists and rebel-free syrian armies, depend on the internet, a lifeline of them trying to get a flood of images and images out of syria so the media can show what's going on inside syria at a time w
let's go live now to cnn's mohammed jamjoom in beirut, lebanon. what's the situation with the internet and the phones there in syria next door right now? >> reporter: well, victor, this is day three of the internet and phone lines in syria effectively being shut down across the country now. we've heard from internet monitoring companies the past couple of days saying they don't believe that the syrian rebels of the opposition would have the capacity to shut down the internet and phone...
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again filling up with protesters, more than 100,000 at times today, chanting against their president, mohamed morsi, claiming he jammed through a draft of a new constitution, which strengthens the muslim brotherhood against christians and liberals. critics say it would curb the rights of women and freedom of speech. >>> and back here at home, a terrifying scene in a small town. a train derailment that sent hazardous chemicals, a gas called vinyl chloride, spewing into the air. more than 70 people sought medical treatment for burning eyes, labored breathing. and abc's linsey davis is on the scene. >> reporter: thousands of gallons of the hazardous chemical vinyl chloride spewed into the air from the ruptured car. residents were told to stay in their homes. three schools within a mile ordered to keep students indoors. >> we are saying to all that are watching this, that live within the borough of paulsboro, it is a time for caution. >> reporter: 71 people were admitted to a local hospital. vinyl chloride is a colorless gas. inhaling it can cause dizziness, headaches and drowsiness. breathing ve
again filling up with protesters, more than 100,000 at times today, chanting against their president, mohamed morsi, claiming he jammed through a draft of a new constitution, which strengthens the muslim brotherhood against christians and liberals. critics say it would curb the rights of women and freedom of speech. >>> and back here at home, a terrifying scene in a small town. a train derailment that sent hazardous chemicals, a gas called vinyl chloride, spewing into the air. more...
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basically mohammed morsi has lived down to the worst of the expectations. at the end of the day, as you said in your run up to this. this is about egypt and freedom. we have a revolution that continues for freedom and dignity. we did not have this revolution so that we could create a new dictator and this is why people are opposing what morsi did. >> morsi gave an interview to "time" magazine this week. an exclusive interview and this is just an excerpt from it. what i can see now is the egyptians are free. it's their right to express and to raise their voices and express their feelings and attitudes. but it's my responsibility, i see things more than they do. what does that even mean? >> so heavily invested in this revolution and loves this revolution, i find his words incredibly insulting to the revolution and its spirit of removing, basically, his daddy figure. morsi is basically saying i'm your daddy and what egypt has been saying since we started this election, we don't need a daddy, we need a president. >> how do you think this will play out in your c
basically mohammed morsi has lived down to the worst of the expectations. at the end of the day, as you said in your run up to this. this is about egypt and freedom. we have a revolution that continues for freedom and dignity. we did not have this revolution so that we could create a new dictator and this is why people are opposing what morsi did. >> morsi gave an interview to "time" magazine this week. an exclusive interview and this is just an excerpt from it. what i can see...
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. >> eliot: in cairo protesters continue to press the regime of president mohammed morsi to relinquish the new powers he announced for himself this week. some protesters also object to the new draft egyptian constitution, which was finished friday and sent to morsi for review. meanwhile in israel you prime prime minister benjamin netanyahu government has announced plans to build housing that would physically link jerusalem with major west bank settlement. it is called counterproductive to the goals resuming direct negotiations between israel and the palestinians and achieving the two-state peace settlement that has been the u.s. diplomat i can goal for decades. for more on all these issues let's go to nicholas burns former undersecretary of state for political affairs former ambassador to n.a.t.o. and greece and now professor at the harvard kennedy school, and michael ohanlon senior fellow at the brookings institution and coauthor of "bending history"." will we and should we recognize the opposition forces? >> i think the obama administration needs to make a big decision. do you confer
. >> eliot: in cairo protesters continue to press the regime of president mohammed morsi to relinquish the new powers he announced for himself this week. some protesters also object to the new draft egyptian constitution, which was finished friday and sent to morsi for review. meanwhile in israel you prime prime minister benjamin netanyahu government has announced plans to build housing that would physically link jerusalem with major west bank settlement. it is called counterproductive to...
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all articles were approved by the muslim brotherhood, the party of mohammed morsi. frustrated coptic christians walked out because they said their views weren't being heard. the fate of the constitution won't be clear for another two weeks when egyptians get to vote on the draft. >>> the -- is warning tension could backfire. the reason, that's something of great concern and one group they're worried about is the group the international community has been trying to oust in that region. mark schroeder tells us aqim is actually consolidating and getting stronger and without intervention, he says mali's military won't be able to push them out. >>> it has been 484 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? incomes and consume er spending fell in october. economists said sandy had a significant effect on the numbers. >>> and new problems for susan rice. this is different than what you think i'm about to say. after weeks of criticize m from republicans, she now faces scrutiny over her personal investments. stock holdings listed in her
all articles were approved by the muslim brotherhood, the party of mohammed morsi. frustrated coptic christians walked out because they said their views weren't being heard. the fate of the constitution won't be clear for another two weeks when egyptians get to vote on the draft. >>> the -- is warning tension could backfire. the reason, that's something of great concern and one group they're worried about is the group the international community has been trying to oust in that region....
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and this comes as the constitutional draft was approved by president mohamed morsi and we will see a vote for it in the next 15 days. and one thing that should be stated here is that the islamists should never be underestimated. they've been underestimated since the revolution in every referendum and they've always come out on top despite the large numbers we've seen against them. this may be because they're the most well organized. the muslim brotherhood is the most well-organized political machine in egypt and they know how to get out the vote. that's something that we've seen the opposition struggle with in the past. >> and do you think that the protests could actually have an impact on the referendum vote? >> well, one thing that really could have an impact on the referendum vote would be the judiciary. we've seen in the past, though, we sense the constitutional declaration by president morsi, a fight between the president and the judiciary as the president took power away from them. in the past, we have seen judges oversee every election, every referendum. if they boycott this,
and this comes as the constitutional draft was approved by president mohamed morsi and we will see a vote for it in the next 15 days. and one thing that should be stated here is that the islamists should never be underestimated. they've been underestimated since the revolution in every referendum and they've always come out on top despite the large numbers we've seen against them. this may be because they're the most well organized. the muslim brotherhood is the most well-organized political...
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in cairo, thousands of supporters of egyptian president mohamed morsi are holding rallies today in approval of a draft constitution that passed yesterday. opponents of that measure have held protests and remain in tahrir square. >>> south korea calls north korea's announced plans to fire a long-range test rocket a grave provocation. north korea says it will fire the rocket between december 10th and 22nd. recent satellite photos appear to show launch preparations. >>> mexico has a new president, enrique pena nieto assumed that office in a small ceremony after midnight and will be sworn in later today. >>> in southern new jersey, a large area surrounding the scene of a derailed freight train has been evacuated. four tankers tumbled and released dangerous chemicals that made dozens of people sick. residents might have to stay away for several days. >>> and people are flocking to north carolina, the city known as christmas town usa where the holiday lights went on last night and will draw thousands of visitors through the season. those are your fast five headlines. >>> let's go back to washingt
in cairo, thousands of supporters of egyptian president mohamed morsi are holding rallies today in approval of a draft constitution that passed yesterday. opponents of that measure have held protests and remain in tahrir square. >>> south korea calls north korea's announced plans to fire a long-range test rocket a grave provocation. north korea says it will fire the rocket between december 10th and 22nd. recent satellite photos appear to show launch preparations. >>> mexico...
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their outrage is directed at president mohamed morsi and his islamist allies who dominant the panel who wrote the draft of egypt's new constitution. it can be put to a referendum before the end the year. the draft constitution gives islamic sharia law a bigger role and empowers the state to protect morals and values but there are few details on what that means. and a clause that specifically guarantees equality for women were removed. this is a blogger who believes the draft constitution could be used to violate her rights. >> you have no right to tell me,000 live my life. 000 dress, how to cook. this is what they did in the constitution. >> reporter: on tahrir square egyptians from many walks of life agree with her. this is an ultraconservative muslim. he told us that if egyptians want democracy the constitution should represent all segments of society not just the islamists. egypt's revolution of two years ago was supposed to mark the birth of a new democracy, but some here now fear that one group of egyptians is trying to impose their own views on everyone else. >> i wonder to what d
their outrage is directed at president mohamed morsi and his islamist allies who dominant the panel who wrote the draft of egypt's new constitution. it can be put to a referendum before the end the year. the draft constitution gives islamic sharia law a bigger role and empowers the state to protect morals and values but there are few details on what that means. and a clause that specifically guarantees equality for women were removed. this is a blogger who believes the draft constitution could...
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. >>> islamist crowds are demonstrating today in support of egypt's president mohamed morsi. we're live in cairo with richard engel. richard, good morning. >> good morning, jenna. this country is divided. the mood is tense. competing demonstrations here in cairo today. here in tahrir square, they are against president mohamed morsi, saying that he has become a dictator and is trying to rush through a constitution that allows for too much islamic law. but in a sense of the way the winds are blowing here, the crowds here are small and somewhat subdued. compare that to across the nile river, in front of cairo university, where tens of thousands of morsi supporters are gathered. they want more islamic law. they want morsi to be a strong president. so egypt can get out of its political deadlock. neither side is backing down. and egypt appears to be at a cross roads. >> richard engel. richard, thank you very much. >>> north korea says it will launch a long range rocket this month. the defiant move set for december 10th through 22nd is likely to heighten already strained tensions wi
. >>> islamist crowds are demonstrating today in support of egypt's president mohamed morsi. we're live in cairo with richard engel. richard, good morning. >> good morning, jenna. this country is divided. the mood is tense. competing demonstrations here in cairo today. here in tahrir square, they are against president mohamed morsi, saying that he has become a dictator and is trying to rush through a constitution that allows for too much islamic law. but in a sense of the way the...